# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sona-jobarteh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:56:30.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sona-jobarteh"
name: "Sona Jobarteh"
slug: "sona-jobarteh"
description: "Sona Jobarteh is a Gambian multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer. She is from one of the five principal kora-playing griot families of West Africa, and is the first female professional kora player to come from a griot family. She is the granddaughter of kora virtuoso Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, cousin of the celebrated kora player Toumani Diabaté, and is the sister of the diaspora kora player Tunde Jegede."
tagline: "Gambian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aid_for_Trade_Global_Review_2017_%E2%80%93_Day_1_Sona_Jobarteh_tuning_kora.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1983-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.955304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sonajobarteh"
    handle:    "sonajobarteh"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sonajobarteh"
    handle:    "sonajobarteh"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2008346/"
    handle:    "nm2008346"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7JksKqLDuYE8QYj2WjiNQr"
    handle:    "Sona Jobarteh"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sonajobarteh.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سونا جوبارته"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سونا جبرته"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "סונה ג'ובארטה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սոնա Ջոբարթե"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
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    title: "ソナ・ジョバルテ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sona_Jobarteh"
    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sona_Jobarteh"
    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sona_Jobarteh"
    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sona_Jobarteh"
    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7778142f-c11a-44a1-8917-7e8a5d2d72df"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q773793"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4927735"
    title: "Sona Jobarteh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump